Download or read book An Introduction to English Legal History written by John Hamilton Baker and published by Lexis Pub. This book was released on 1990 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief history of the principal English institutions and doctrines. Topics examined include law and custom in early Britain, the origins of common law, the judiciary and various courts, trial by jury, laws affecting property, and laws concerning marriage and divorce, nuisance, tort and defamation.